Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Salary in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
Median annual salary
$60,230
+27% vs US median ($47,540)
Worth after local cost of living
$39,703
cost index 151.7 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
| 10th percentile | $45,720 |
| 25th percentile | $50,700 |
| Median (50th) | $60,230 |
| 75th percentile | $68,080 |
| 90th percentile | $80,470 |
| Mean | $61,610 |
| Employed in metro | 15,780 |
A Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA earns a median of $60,230 per year. That is 27% above the national median of $47,540 for this occupation. Because Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a cost index of 151.7 (above the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $39,703 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $115,177, median gross rent $2,000/mo, and the median home value $717,500. See the full Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA cost-of-living profile.